Mohammad Reza Shah (second left) meeting with
U.S. President Jimmy Carter (second right) in Tehran. (December 31 1977
or January 1, 1978). The Iranian side also included Ardeshir Zahedi (first
left) who was Iran's ambassador to Washington at the time. The U.S. delegation
included National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski (first right), Secretary
of State Cyrus Vance (third right), and U.S. Ambassador to Tehran William
Sullivan (fourth right).